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We reported last month that a suit had been brought against The Grascals by Entertainment Evolution, a company managed by Nashville publicist Kirt Webster. At the time, the band offered no comment on the merits of the suit. Now, a countersuit has been filed by The Grascals, refuting the charges that they had reneged on [...]
The planets seem to be lining up nicely for The Grascals this year. The band is putting the finishing touches on a new album, and the ink is still drying on their one-record deal with Mountain Home. “I think we’re in a good spot,” Jamie Johnson told me. “I hope it shows on this record. [...]
Mountain Home Music has announced that The Grascals have signed with the label, with a new CD due this Spring. They have released this brief video to commemorate the announcement. Look for more details shortly.
The Grascals have been named in a lawsuit brought by their former management company, Entertainment Evolution. The company is run by Kirt Webster, owner of Webster PR who, according to a piece in the Nashville City Paper, alleges that the popular Nashville-based bluegrass band has reneged on a verbal commitment made in 2010. A claim of [...]
Last week’s (12/29) Wall Street Journal Market Watch has reported on the success of the Cracker Barrel strategy of working with top bluegrass acts and labels – in this case Rounder Records. Two of the label’s artists, the Grascals and Dailey & Vincent, each released a CD marketed by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. [...]
This contribution comes from Dick Bowden, who will be a regular correspondent on Bluegrass Today. Here he files his detailed report on the resurrected Thomas Point Beach festival, held this past Labor Day weekend near Brunswick, Maine after having heard its requiem read in 2008. The site is a beautiful as ever, just spitting distance [...]
Phil Bankester set a camera up back at the soundboard during The Bankesters' CD release party at Nashville's Station Inn on July 6. They were celebrating their newest album, appropriately titled The Bankesters, which includes a duet between Emily Bankester and Jamie Johnson of The Grascals. The two trade verses on Dennis Duff's My Love [...]
The Bankester Family has released their third self-produced album, The Bankesters. Phil Bankester, who manages and performs with his wife, three daughters, and one son-in-law, tells us that this new project represents a couple of major milestones for the group. Not only does this CD mark the first one tracked without any outside players, but [...]
The Grascals recorded a special video birthday salute to Andy Griffith, who celebrated his yesterday (6/1). The video also includes a live version of Dooley, one of the songs included on their new album, Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot And Ravelin', a tribute to the Andy Griffith Show and the great bluegrass music that [...]
The Grascals have a new video from their recent release, Dance Til Your Stockings Are Hot and Ravelin', their Andy Griffith Show tribute project. It includes an album's worth of songs made famous on the Griffith show during the 1960s, primarily as performed by The Dillards in their alter ego as The Darling Family. The [...]
